Intersections at The Seattle School
Photography, Labor, and the Creative Process
Two weeks ago, MA in Theology & Culture student Allyson Arendsee wrote about the prophetic role of the artist in community. This week, MA in Counseling Psychology student Kelly Pastori is reflecting upon her photography and the labor pains of the creative process. Check back next week to hear from a student-artist in the Master […]
Lent: The Art on Our Walls
As we continue moving through the season of Lent as a community, Sacred Space facilitator Amber Englund offers her reflections on the two art projects currently lining the hallways on the second and third floors of our building. Lent Threshold: Chaos & Beauty by Caleb Dodson and The Rainier Beach Project: Overcoming Displacement by Zac […]
The Seattle School Receives $257,000 Grant for Alumni Development
Last month, The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology’s Office of Students & Alumni was awarded a $257,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The three-year grant, officially titled the Alumni Vocational Care & Formation Program for Early Career Transition, will be used to help build and develop alumni infrastructure and programming. Paul Steinke, […]
Moving into Lent: Lamenting and Repenting
As we continue journeying through Lent, Sacred Space is offering resources, prayers, and reflections to help guide us as a community through this season of lament and repentance. Here, first year Master of Divinity student Drew Dixon offers an overview of Lent, the reasons we observe it, and the resources that are available to help […]
Dr. Nancy Murphy to Join United Nations Panel on Domestic Violence
Dr. Nancy Murphy, Adjunct Professor at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology and Executive Director of Northwest Family Life Learning and Counseling Center, will be participating in a conference presented by UN Women, a United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. Organized by the Baptist Women’s Alliance, the panel […]
The Prophetic Role of the Artist
Allyson Arendsee, a second year student in the MA in Theology & Culture program, wrestles with the idea of home and the communal role of the prophet. In upcoming weeks, we will invite students from the MA in Counseling Psychology and the Master of Divinity programs to also reflect on how their artistic pursuits shape […]
Dan Allender Takes Sabbatical from Teaching at The Seattle School
Dr. Dan B. Allender, Professor of Counseling Psychology and Founder Emeritus at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, is on an academic sabbatical from teaching at The Seattle School. Allender’s sabbatical began on January 1 and will last for the duration of 2015. While Allender will continue in his speaking engagements and conference events […]
Moving Into Grief
This week ushers us into the season of Lent, a time in which we prepare our hearts, minds, and bodies to remember the death and resurrection of Jesus. In Lent we are fully aware of our brokenness and our need for resurrection; we grieve and feel the weight of things lost. On the heels of […]
Registration Now Open for the 2015 Inhabit Conference
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology and The Parish Collective are preparing to join hundreds of leaders and practitioners on April 17-18 for Inhabit: Faithful Practice in the New Commons. Inhabit is a two-day conference designed to engage, encourage, and empower innovative, missional practitioners by asking questions and sparking dialogue about how we practice […]
The Most Important Part of a Story
This week, we are continuing our series in which first year students reflect on the last year and the path that brought them to The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Read previous entries from Jessica Hoekstra, Matthias Roberts, and Beau Denton. Splashing forward along the trail, my shoulders hunched against the rain and the […]
President Keith Anderson Delivers State of the School Address
Students, staff, and faculty of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology gathered for the annual State of the School event last Monday, February 2. Dr. Keith Anderson, President of The Seattle School, addressed the community with a recap of the past year and an update on upcoming changes. “It’s a chapter of growth—not much […]
Learning to Abide in the Wilderness
This post is part of an ongoing series in which first-year students reflect on the last year and the path that led them to The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Read previous entries from Matthias Roberts and Beau Denton, and check back next Thursday for a new story. When a new year dawns, we ring […]